Hi Friends, Day 7. Seven days of gratitude for all sorts of things, and it’s been fun. Since it’s been such an enjoyable experience, I’ll start the list again in a few days. (The next few days will be filled with work, more work, a short out of town trip to Gunma, and one or two parties over the […]
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Glad List- #6
December 2, 2012 
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Today’s been such a quiet day– quiet, but easy and relaxing. When I got home, I was thinking, “I have to write my glad list, but nothing happened. What will I write?” I wondered: Should the ”glad” thing of the day be that it didn’t rain; or that my morning started with Tiease advising me to wear […]
Read moreThe Glad List- #5
December 1, 2012 2 Comments
Hi Friends, As most of you know, when I moved to the U.S at eleven, I wasn’t very happy. It didn’t really help matters that I moved in the fall, and the temperatures were below eighty degrees, soon to be below seventy. It also didn’t help matters that I was a still developing (ok, not even […]
Read moreThe Glad List- #2
November 28, 2012 0 Comments
Hi Guys, Yesterday was the start of the glad list, and it seems today it’s almost too easy. It’s been given to me on a platter, — PAYDAY!–, so I figured I’d need to look elsewhere. When is hard-earned (or easily-earned) money ever something not to grin about? 1) Tokyo was ten degrees warmer today […]
Read more2) Thank You (my Thanksgiving list in no particular order)
November 23, 2012 2 Comments
Hi All, We all know everyday’s a day to be thankful for something, because only in the practice of gratitude can we be appreciative of our lives. It’s amazing how days grow richer/fuller/better when we take a minute to give thanks for the smallest things. You certainly don’t need me to tell you what you already know, […]
Read moreStreams of Gratitude…
May 8, 2012 2 Comments
I’ve been everywhere looking for you babe. The one you’re looking for is you. The seventh day. Non-stop rain for days, then drizzle, and blankets of mist. A too cool spring. Then, today, there was light. Glorious sunshine. Where have you been? It’s warming up, not hot, but moderately warm. I hear that in Tokyo one needs to be careful […]
Read moreLetter from Tokyo: “Rejoice, Rejoice!”
January 11, 2012 6 Comments
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. – Isaiah 43:19 (The Bible) Dear Friends, Two minutes ago while I was eating a juicy, delicious grapefruit (Hi DB!), the fullness of this life hit […]
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